Improvement in tobacco-bag attachments



l. W. CHAMBEBS. Tobacco Bag Attachments; No.15l354, P atentedMay/26,1874.

ITNESSES ATTORNEYS..

.I AMES W. CHAMBERS, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HISRIGHT TO KLINEFELTER BROTHERS, OF SAME PLACE.

IivlPRGVEMENT IN TOBACCO-BAG ATTACHMENTS,

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. lLSl, dated May 26,1874; application tiled April 20, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES VRIGHT CHAM- BERs,of Baltimore city, StateofMaryland, have invented a new and Improved Tobacco-Bag Attachment 5 andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawingforming a part of this specification, in which Figure l is a perspectiveview. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section.

The invention relates to means whereby the usual plan of tying anduntying a tobaccopouch whenever it is desired to till a pipe may beentirely obviatefl, and a simple, convenient, and easy method ofvpouring the tobacco directly into the pipe may be substituted for theone so long in vogue.

These means will lirst be fully described, in connection with all thatis necessary to a full understanding` thereof, and then pointed out inthe claim.

A represents an ordinary bag or pouch for the reception ofsmoking-tobacco; and B, an elastic stopper made of leather, rubber,pasteboard, or any other analogous material, the same being, preferably,beveled on the edge. The stopper is provided with a loop, b, formed ot'a metallic strip, whose ends are passed therethrough and bentthereunder, or is provided with any other suitable projection by whichit may be easily handled with the fingers. C is a metallic ease whichreceives the stopper on its circularbottom c, and within the verticalflange c. Dis a subj acent outwardly-bentange,which is. composed,preferably, ot' a series of nearly angular parts, d. The flange D andbottom c are thus caused to form a groove, in which the upper edge ofthe bag is tied, clasped, or fastened in any equivalent manner. Thetobacco having been pressed into the bag, the case is placed on topthereof, the edges of the bags mouth drawn into the groove betweenbottom and ilange D, and the two secured together.

The consumer is no longer under necessity of untying the bag in order toreach his tobacco, but simply withdraws the elastic stopper 5 nor is helonger compelled to iirst transfer the tobacco to his hand or otherreceptacle, and from thence to the pipe, but by my device pours thetobacco directly into the pipe.- Again, it cannot come open in thepocket of the eon` sumer, as do the ordinary string-tied bags, whilethere is no breakage of strings in my invention, an occurrence thatcauses much annoyance. Still another advantage is, that there is nonecessity for the stirring and loosening up of the tobacco, which isoften now donc, the bulk bein g thereby so increased that the bag isrendered incapable of receiving it again.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- A tobacco-bag attachment formed of a metallic case, G, having centrally-apcrturedcircular bottom c, upper vertical flange c', and loweroutwardly-obliqued flange I), as described, to receive au elasticstopper, and allow the dges of bag to be tied, inthe manner spceilied.

JAMES WRIGHT CHAMBERS.

Titnesses W. F. GrrrsoLM, J No. T. Mnnnrx.

